I think this is slightly unfair. Alton Towers ruined the animatronic from years of minimal maintenance. You can see clearly in the video how bad of a state it was in when still installed at Towers. Ripped skin, peeling paint, minimal movement.
Then it has been lay down on the floor, with the bottom missing and all the external components exposed for years to the elements. Components that would be protected when it was installed. It was lay on the floor literally for scrap and literally never to be seen again. If he never got hold of it, it would have probably been scrapped!
Yes he may have took the mechanics out so it never moves again. But if it was not for his intervention the thing would never have even been seen again. Let alone move.
I'm sorry but I find your logic bewildering and flawed at best.
This is a win win. Out of two choices. Let the thing go to scrap, or see it again in a non moving form. I know exactly which one I would prefer.
You can't put someone down for saving something that would otherwise have never been seen by anyone again. Just because it is not getting restored to your own personal standard. Sure, lots of people might have liked to see it move again. But your other choice was literally to never see it again. Infact most people assumed they would not see it again full stop.
What? I never said he shouldnt have it. It's not a case of remove all the animatronic parts or scrap it.
Why couldnt he have just kept it intact? And built a new base to hold it, he didn't even need to get it moving again if he didn't want to. Instead he destroyed all the animatronic engineering, half the point of an animatronic, especially a rare remaining one.
The animatronic wasn't ruined, you can actually see from his video what good condition the animatronic parts were in. It was clearly built to last and such things can be easily repaired, or just replace the standard parts like springs.
The only parts that were broken at Alton Towers were the costuming and silicone skin, which on most park animatronics get replaced every few years as part of normal maintenance.
Let's be honest here, he removed the animatronic parts because he didn't realise how they worked and assumed that "the motors and wires" (which it never had) had already been removed.
Imagine car enthusiasts praising someone for destroying a car engine because they didn't know what it was, just keeping the body. Then when someone points out what they've done, they get jumped on for daring to criticise the lord TPWW. I thought we were meant to be theme park enthusiasts?
At the end of the day he could do whatever he wants with it, but I'm just pointing out the obvious in this supposed great "restoration".